This is a repost of previous troubleshooting efforts - also relates to my newbie posting:

Bottom line- despite successful association with my home network, N800 returns "network error" for everything - cannot browse internet, cannot get email, cannot update software. Here's my plight:
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Steve Stellmacher Said,
April 21, 2007 @ 11:55 pm

My N800 has left me completely pissed off. Not sure if it’s me, or the unit I just purchased today.

It will connect to my home wireless network, but is totally incapable of DNS resolution - I mean none.

it will hit various servers on my internal home network, when addressed by specific IP, but it will not resolve - EVER - www.google.com or www..cnn.com; I have checked to see if it’s getting IP an DNS info - YEP; Even configured this static - no joy.

BTW - my 6 year old POCKET PC runs like a champ through the same wireless AP. If this is embedded Linux at its best - this sucks.

Steve
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It gets worse:
Steve Stellmacher Said,
April 22, 2007 @ 3:16 pm


Yep: spent the day working this issue further. I’m returning the device tomorrow in the am. router reboot was done WAY back in the troubleshooting.

I have, in various sequences:

1. Removed all security WEP, WPA etc from my wireless AP/router; associated N800 with said wireless network, and still no joy getting to big internet.

2. Replaced the router with LINKYS DSL gateway router, and through both DHCP and static IP’ing of the N800, I get no internet connectivity.

2A: Yes, in either of the above, when DHCP was used, N800 negotiated internal IP from the DHCP/gateway router itself - and reflected all accurate IP, Gateway and DNS information on the device through connection manager.

2B: At any time, I was able to successfully ping the N800 across the wired/wireless network from non-wireless clients.

2C: I was able to ping from wireless client PC to N800 via wireless AP; at no time was the N800 sucessful in reaching the INTERNET after these small successes internal

2D: I was able to stream audio from SLIM Server on the internal network. NO BIG INTERNET was returned.

3. Direct connect DLINK 614+ wireless router to internet connection. When N800 was configured through DHCP or Static IPing —Still NO INTERNET.

4. Ironically, took a short trip back COMP USA - here’s the laugh track bit: worked like a champ inside COMP USA!!!! That's right - www.cnn.com slammed right up on screen.

5- I’m thinking that it has something to do with DNS requests and RoadRunner services - since that is the only thing that is different between COMPUSA and my home. Regrettably - I’m defeated. If I could’ve only gotten an Xterm installed on the thing to understand more of the error! The N800, presumably so easy to network with, does NOT provide solid feedback to the user when things do go wrong. “network error” - is ambiguous and does not help any troubleshooting efforts.

6. My pride is wounded to know the compusa kid got it working in under 120 seconds, after I spent 3 hours trying to figure it out last night.

My bottom line: LINKSYS or ROADRUNNER does not like Nokia N800
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POST MORDEM:

I could only surf my local network assets; I was never able to see how well the N800 does “out on this highway”

Footnotes:
1. Flash upgraded to via windows updater
2. Re-flashed later in the troubleshooting with Linux flasher 3.0 and most current image from Maemo (4 times)
3. My wireless infrastructure at home consists of a DLINK DWL-2100AP and and a DLINK WBR2310+ operating on channels 1 and 11 respectively to provide whole home coverage; These connect (LAN side) through a 16 port workgroup switch to a LINKSYS RT31P2 DSL/Gateway router (with VOIP ports). The RT31P2 has the only WAN/Internet connection to RoadRunner.

4. My “control” piece of gear (other than the N800) was a COMPAQ Ipaq, running windows CE 2002; with expansion sled and a netgear 802.11B card. Throughout ALL these tests and troubleshooting, I was able to use Pocket Explorer to surf all over the BIG Internet. Which frustrates me to no end.

Steve

You can download xterm to your PC and bluetooth it over to you N800. That way, as you mentioned, with xterm installed, you can get a better clue as to what went wrong.

Which of your network devices are handing out IP addresses?

Can you check the dhcp table on your router or ap's to see if you handed out a valid IP?

Can you check Tools/Connection Manager/Menu/Internet/IP Address to see if you have a validation IP, gateway and dns?